Norway Chess 2013

With an average rating of 2776, the first Norway Chess Tournament might be the strongest ever.

May the 8th is the one day all the chess fans are waiting for. One of the strongest chess tournament ever is going to draw the fans' attention from May the 8th to May the 18th.
The line-up is simply stunning, with all the 2750+ guys. At the last minute, Vladimir Kramnik had to decline the invitation, but the uber-strong Peter Svidler stepped in, completing a list of participatns that until now existed only in any chess lover's dreams.
ICC will cover this amazing event with Live Radio Broadcast, Game Of the Day Service and the traditional TRIVIA contests, whith main prize being a 1-year subscription to the best chess magazine out there: New in Chess!
Games start at 9am EDT - 15:00 CET. Last Round 6am EDT - 12:00 CET.

FINAL STANDINGS

Game Of the Day

Round	Date	Host	Play
1	May 08	GM Varuzhan Akobian   SCORPON83
2	May 09	GM David Smerdon   smurfo
3	May 10	GM Jonathan Speelman   Speelman
4	May 12	GM David Smerdon   smurfo
5	May 13	GM Alex Yermolinsky   Sweere
6	May 14	GM Lars Bo Hansen   DonCorleone
7	May 15	GM Ronen Har-Zvi   Indiana-Jones
8	May 17	GM Joel Benjamin   MrHat
9	May 18	GM Alex Yermolinsky   Sweere

Participants

	Name	Rating
	GM Magnus Carlsen	2872
	GM Levon Aronian	2809
	GM Teimour Radjabov	2793
	GM Sergey Karjakin	2786
	GM Viswanathan Anand	2783
	GM Veselin Topalov	2771
	GM Hikaru Nakamura	2767
	GM Peter Svidler	2747
	GM Hao Wang	2743
	GM Jon Ludvig Hammer	2629

Radio Broadcast Schedule

TRIVIA winners